Spent 3 hours trying to match a client's old color from a blurry photo she took in her bathroom lighting

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Honestly, is the color match that critical for the final result? A blurry photo under bad lighting is a terrible reference point to begin with. You could get it perfect on screen and it will still look totally different in her actual room. Sometimes you have to tell a client the limits of what's possible and set a realistic expectation. Spending three hours on a guess seems like a lot of stress for something that might not even matter in the end.

diana_moore7513d agoMost Upvoted

Right? I swear sometimes I'm just playing a game of "guess what's in this client's head" more than matching actual colors. Like one time someone sent me a photo of a wall that was basically just a dark blob next to a window and wanted a "sunny yellow." I spent an hour tweaking it and they came back saying it looked too much like mustard, not the buttercup they remembered from their childhood lmao. Three hours on a guess is practically a vacation compared to the back and forth that follows.

jake_chen2mo ago

Tbh Leo is right about it being a terrible reference. I've been there, trying to match "seafoam green" from a photo where the wall is basically a gray blob next to a purple towel. You'll nail it, send the proof, and they'll say it looks too blue because their grandma's vase was in the shot casting a shadow. Sometimes the client's memory is the real color you're trying to match.